Cleveland Indians: Bold Predictions for final 10 regular season games

The Indians’ final 10 games of the 2020 season will feature three on the road and seven from Progressive Field.

Cleveland will finish off a four-game road series against the Tigers at Comerica Park and then home for four games against the White Sox and three with the MLB worst Pittsburgh Pirates.

Despite the Indians’ struggles of late, this schedule is quite manageable outside of the big four-game series with Chicago.

The Indians will not have Bieber for the rest of the Detroit series, but still have more than enough quality pitching to take care of the rebuilding Tigers; thus, look for them to take two out three this weekend and clinch a series win over their division foe.

Then, things could get ugly as they face a motivated White Sox team. That series will likely go in Chicago’s favor with the Sox winning three of four. However, the Indians should finish off the year on a high note when they take on a Pirates team looking to clinch the first pick in the 2021 MLB Draft for the rights to select Vanderbilt superstar Kumar Rocker. Thus, that series easily could be a momentum builder for the Indians with a sweep heading into the playoffs.

These predictions would see the Indians go 6-4 in their final 10 games which would put them at a final record of 33-27 on the season.

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Thirty-three wins is more than enough to clinch a playoff birth with the eight-team postseason but likely not enough to jump the Twins for second place. Thus, Cleveland will likely end up as the seventh seed only ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays, where a trip to the Sunshine State for a three-game wild card series with the Tampa Bay Rays could await.